Question

1. which sentence correctly places the question mark according to the lesson rules?

\did he really say, im tired?
did he really say? \im tired.\
\did he really say?\ im tired.
did he really say, \im tired\?

Explanation:

To determine the correct placement of the question mark, we analyze each option:

1. In the first option, the punctuation within the quotation is incorrect as it misplaces the comma and the question - mark relationship.
2. The second option incorrectly places a question mark before the quoted statement, which is a declarative statement ("I'm tired."), so it should not have a question mark before it.
3. The third option has an incorrect structure as the quoted part is a question but the overall sentence structure is wrong, and the final part "I'm tired." is a declarative that doesn't fit with the quoted question.
4. The fourth option "Did he really say, 'I'm tired'?" is correct. The main sentence is a question asking if he said the quoted statement "I'm tired", and the question mark is placed at the end of the entire sentence, with the quoted statement properly enclosed in quotation marks.

Answer:

Did he really say, "I'm tired"?